Books to Book Shops
Once I was distributing books in Melbourne with Dhruva prabhu. We decided to go to Geelong just an hour and a half south of Melbourne. Dhruva prabhu went the day before and I was due to meet him the next day. I got caught up doing things and although wanting to get out early did not reach Geelong till 3pm. Anyway I thought the day was lost as I would get to where Dhruva was with no result.
Just prior to this I had been experimenting with wholesaling books to alternative book shops with some success (selling them $200- 300 worth of books). So Krsna inspired me to see if there was an alternative book shop in Geelong. I found one such shop and showed the manager the main books I had. He asked me to show him everything I had. So I got all different books from the van plus CD,s. He ended up taking at least 2 of everything which included all of Srila Prabhupadas' books, art books, childrens books, cookbooks , books from Srila Prabhupadas' disciples and CD's. It came to $2000 worth! When I finally found Dhruva telling him of the book shop at 5pm he was amazed at Lord Krsnas' inconceivable energy.
The shop owner took $1000 worth of books another time and has been taking books ever since but not in such large quantities . So he is also doing wonderful service selling Srila Prabhupadas' books to many varieties of people.He and his shop assistants really like prasadam so I take them Sri Sri Radha Vallabhas' maha prasadam when ever I visit. So I would encourage all book distributors to look for alternative book shops in whatever town you are at.
Your Servant,
Rupa Raghunatha Das,
Sydney Australia
